U.S. Coast Guard receives first of its C-27J Spartans

The U.S. Coast Guard has taken delivery of its first C-27J Spartan transport aircraft, which will go through modification to a maritime patrol/transport aircraft for the service, writes Richard Burgess in Seapower magazine. (Richard is the managing editor of the magazine).

The Coast Guard is acquiring 14 C-27Js from the Air Force, which retired the aircraft as a cost-cutting move, Burgess wrote.

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